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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-10-02
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LABOR ANDLAB0RERS.
poINGS IN INDUSTRIALCIRCLBS THROUGH
OUT THE COUNTRY.
Vgl.us Laws in Different States Regarding he
Laboriug IntsreSiS-Mill, Mining and Trade
Noes in General From all Points.

The industrial situation in Wheeling re-
mains quiet and nothing of especial im-
portauce has occurred the past week. Some
Of the nail factories are running part time,
and the prospects for more work in this
brlprh OF manufacturer are not OF the most
encouraging kind, The planning mills and
gIaSs houses and about all the other in
dustries are RAINING to their fullest
capacity. The strike OF the boys at Hobbs,
RrocSuuier 4 Co.'S glass works WAS ended
Friday morning, the strikers al returning
10 work at the old price The demand for
steel Is heavy aud the steel plants are
working full time, although the Wheeling
works was laid OF part Of the past week on
account OF the brakaSe of q valve on one Of
the eng mes II Is expected that the tube
works ut BeawoOd will soon be IN full
operation giving employment to quite a
large number OF wOrkmen. The building
trades i ia good condition and carpenters
aud contractors, brick aud stone maSOnS
have lots of employment.
During the past year factory laws have
been passed ia Connecticut, Massachusetts,,
Michigan and Missouri. Laws regulating
mining have been passed in Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Tennessee and West Virginia; reg
ulating employment Of children and wO-
men in Alabama, Connecticut, Colorado,
Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michi-
y,n. New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island and West Virginia. Laws i'll
tended to better secure wages have also
been passed in several States In Con-
prrtlcut aud Massachusetts, weekly pay
ments are required. LabOrers have pre-
lrrred laws ia many States. la Nebraska
none OF the property OF a debtor is exempt
from the claims Of labor. In New York it
Is unlawful to aNact I promise that an emf
ployee shall not Join u labor organization
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-10-02

DON'T disgust everybody by hawking,
blowing and splitting, but use DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy and be cured.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24
Circulation 1856 copies and
still marching on.
$50 Many Mercfes."

Thankful? Yes indeed, thankful
This blessed Thanksgiving day, in
the year of Grace 1887, the SITTER
is thankful. 1t is thankful that it is
out of jail. 'The Lord loveth whom
he chasteneth." 1t is thankful for
the enemies it has made, for behold
they have strengthened its subscrip-
ton list ! 1t is thankful for the
thousand and fifty-six intelligent men
and women who take it and pay for
it, for without them it would be moth
ing but a "daisv." 1t is thankful
that its lines are cast in a pleasant
and thriving village amid the "cool
Green Mountains" 1t is thankful
that it has a pleasant office within
the sound of church and school bells,
for upon the virtue and intelligence
of a community depends its prospect
ty. Yes, $50 many mercies" for
which to be grateful to the Father of
all mercies, the dispenser of all good,
to him who weighs us in a balance
not built by caucus-packers and free
pass Judges. And finally it is thank
full to the noble men and women who
stood by it in its hours of adversely
God bless them all, aye, every one.
Amen.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24
Written for the sifter.l
ny Il. IL. ALBRE,
THANKSGIVING,

What means this clatter, what means this noise?
why filled the dwelling with girls and with hoyss
Why shine the faces so merry in playy
answer you all 1t Is Thanksgiving day.
Thanksgiving What pleasures that word doth
enfold
What mem'ries are Weakened In young and In old !
What blessings of loved ones are showered ON
the living
Whoye assembled today to enjoy Thanksgiving!
The Pilgrims who landed on Plymouth's wild
beach,
Foreseeng the millions their precepts would
reach,
After harvests abundant ensuing u living,
To praise God Instituted our regal Thanksgiving.
from West
Invite all the poorest, invite all the best,
Ask those who are greatest, ask those who are
least,
To meet and enjoy our Thanksgiving feast.
Bring artist and poet, bring author and sage,
Bring poor and bring wealthy, bring youth and
bring age,
Bring beauty and wit, bring hope and bring fear,
All classes, conditions to Thanksgiving cheer.
The family circle, so happy, complete,
May hap never more In union will meet,
May hap e'er another Thanksgiving shall come
Some of the loved ones will go to their home.
One place may be vacant, one face may be gone,
One heart may be silent, one form in the tomb
One may be taken, another be left,
Hearts grieve In sorrow of loved one bereft.
The Father who watches the wee sparrow's fall
Is guarding his children-remembering all
Says to you who are happy-fne pleasure in liv
ing
Meet today and enjoy your glorious Thanks
giving.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24

The Odd Fellows of Bellows Falls
are having a new hall fitted up on
the third floor of Centennial block.
The people of North Hero have to
depend largely upon water from the
lake, on account of the severe
drought affecting the usual sources of
supply.
Twenty-Five veterans are at the
Soldiers Home. The farm cottage
will be ready for sleeping quarters for
about fifteen more the first of next
week. This is the full capacity of
the present home.
1t has been definitely decided that
the extensive machine works of the
Jones & Lamson company will be
removed from Windsor to Springfield,
Adna Brown of that place securing
control of the stock of $50, 900, which
will Immediately be increased to $780,
900. Extensive shops will be erected
at once. The company owns valua-
BILE patents and manufactures iron
working machinery.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24

The Grand Army fair in Brattlebo-
TO last Tuesday Melted something
over 5000.
An additional town tax of 80 Per
cent for the support Of schools has
been assessed in Rockingham.
There are 10 secret societies at
Bellows Falls, all in n lourishing
condition. They have a total mem
bership of over 200.
j.. +. Harris has severed his edi-
torial connection with the Burlington
Clipper.
The state grange opens its 10th
annual session in Capital Hall, Mont
pelier, Wednesday, Dec. IA. at 10 a.
m. The headquarters will be at the
NJ Montpelier House. In connection
with the grange meeting here will be
meeting of the state board of agri-
culture.
A vein of ore was struck recently
by workmen on the farm of j. C..
Ufford in Greensboro. The assay in
Boston showed Clio pure silver and
the remainder anthony or bismuth,
Mr.. Ufford is going to see if there is
enough of a deposit to pay for work
ing.
The December term of the Windsor
county court begins at Woodstock on
Tuesday, December 6, Chief Justice
Royce presiding. The business of
the term will be light. The whole
number of cases on the printed dock
ct of the term is 100, including 10
state cases and II divorce petitions
leaving only 80 civil cases. and of
those probably not morE than ! in 10
will have trial by jury.
There was a carriage accident al
Bellows Falls Friday. Mrs. Harmon
an elderly lady from Langdon, was
seriously injured, breaking number
of bones. Her recovery is doubtful.
Nothing has been heard from Will
liam P. Bigelow, the missing town
treasurer of Brookfield, who was las
seen by business acquaintance al
Lowell, Mass. two weeks ago. His
accounts have been found to be. cor
rect in every particular, and it is
known that he had about $1,000 il
bills when he went away. 1t is be
lieved he committed suicide wheI
temporarily insane.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24
How Gnli Omen. CLAIM.

~ had very singular experience last
Sunday" said u tradesman, whose shop
IN Oakland Is adorned by the sign, "Orni-
theological Raritics,n hut who, on pinch,
would sell dog or rabbit, II was
walking on the beach, not very far from
the !Clilf house, and | had just noticed that
an usually large number of sea gulls were
flying over the sands, when u hard sub
stance struck me Violently upon the head
and staggered me. Luckily my hat was
very thick and am blessed with tolera-
bly, solid skull, So l soon recovered my
self, and was looking about to ascertain
what had hit me, when l was greatly
startled by weird and ghostly Huttering
of wings foot above me. A great gray
gull had narrowly escaped alighting upon
my shoulders He just succeeded in check
ing his impetuous descent rs his feet al
most touched me. With queer kind of
half frightened cry he was again into the
air. But what had brought him so close
to mes | soon found out. Lying on the
sand was the thing that had given me
that blow upon the head, 1t was large
black mussel, and the sea gull had dropped
it from dizzy height upon my unoffend-
ing scalp.
| have studied the habits of these
birds pretty carefully, and / know very
well why he had done 1t. He was trying
to get at his dinner, and as the shell of
the mussel was still unbroken, and l
wished to see him try again, walked
couple Of hundred yards away and then
turned to watch his movements. See
ing that the coast was clear, lie quickly
flew back to the place where the mussel
had fahen, seized it in his beak and again
rising high into the air, he let it drop.
He followed 1t closely as it fell, keeping
almost beside it during the greater part of
the descent, and only moderating his
downward rush when he was in danger of
dashing himself upon the beach. The
mussel struck the sand, but the shell was
still unbroken, and, indeed, it was very
evident to me that the soft ground that
received it would never lay it open. Then
l flung the mussel to distance, and the
gull, seeming to take this as n hint that
my head was not a chopping block, seized
his troublesome delicacy and flew away.
/ saw him turn little inland, rise once
more to great height, dart swiftly down
and then wing his way out to sea- l
! found that many stones lay at the place
Of his last descent; SO, doubtless, his per-
severance was at length rewarded, and he
had gone off to some lonely rock to dine. !"
San Francisco Examiner.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24

According to the Rutland Herald,
musical conventions originated in
Vermont. The first one being held
at Montpelier May %, and %, 1889.
OF the 80 persons who signed the call
only five are now living: Moses f.
and S. B. Cheney, f. P. Walton,
Joseph W. Howes and Chauncey l..
Knapp. The second convention was
held at Newbury in 1910, the third
at Windsor in 1S41, the fourth at
Woodstock in 1912 and the fifth at
Middlebury, 1913. A Herald report
er interviewed the venerable Moses
Cheney who said there was nodoubt
of the fact that these were the first
state musical conventions ever held
in America, and modern conventions.
festivals and jubilees, great and
small, are said to have grown from
them.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24

One obstacle that has stood in the way
of planting that exotic, the telegraph pole,
in Chinese soil has been the widespread
belief among the peasantry that the
strange whispering wires they support
when strung along near graveyards exert
a baleful influence upon the long sleep of
their revered ancestors. AS nearly every
hilltop in China is crowned by the tombs
of lamented forefathers, it has been very
difficult to select routes for telegraph
lines where the wires were not likely to
fall prey to the popular prejudice against
them. 1t is noteworthy that the great
telegraph line which is to connect Pekin
with Europe will take a short cut to the
Cobb desert, and will pass through less
than 800 miles Of Inhabited country in the
900 miles to Kiachta, where it will join
the Russian lines.-New York Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24

Robert Bonner of the New York
Ledger has retired from active inter-
est in the newspaper which he built
up. and will pass it over to his sons,
who have been brought up to the bus
mess. Mr.. Bonner has gained by
industry and ability large fortune.
He has published a journal which has
given the contributions of some of the
leading American writers, and he has
never sought to increase the circula-
ton of the Ledger by sensational
and demoralizing matter. After As
years of hard work he retires, and.
we hope, to live long and enjoy the
closing years of an honorable life.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24

The Springfield Republican of
Monday contains lengthy (too much
so for these columns communication
from its intelligent Brattleboro cor
respondent noting the building and
growth of many Vermont towns. OF
course Brattleboro comes in, and very
justly, for a need of praise. He
says, in speaking of that place:
"Her citizens have We'd with each other
in matters pertaining to its prosperity
and adornment. The village improve
ment society has largely contributed to
the general healthfulness and beauty of
the place, making clean its streets. cut
ting and shaping its hedges and turf, be-
sides planting countless beds Of flowers
and various shrubs along the shaded high
ways. Pro badly $50 new buildings have
gone up in the town during the past two
years at an expense of fully 800, 900"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24
HAM LIN
LIN COIN
Read up and down and then acros
Then, again:
ABRA-HAMLIN-COLN.

Villas is to remain in the Post-office
De Observation-Disclosures has gone up
the spout-Levi is lodging around
Brattleboro trying to keep from under
the electric light wires-Lovering, the
defeated candidate for governor OF
M massachusetts,, is to be made L. S.
Mars hall. Atkins is still watch
ing that cellar hole at Montpelier; for
eleven dollars a day-Lamar is to 60
on the Supreme court bench-Hook-
er is up in Stratton making surveys
for an Agricultural Experiment Sta.
ton and Blaine is still in Europe
waiting for Burchard to die.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24
Only $l.3j.

Or the SITTER and any two of these
Journals for one year for $l.65.
Remember this means strictly in adj
vance.
Remember this only applies to Yer
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Obliged to add 25 cents to the above fig
ures to persons without the state.
W@Remember to tell your neighbor
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24

Somehow, since the complete re-
turns from Pennsylvania have come
in, showing Republican plurality
of 1888. which is the largest for 10
years with the exception of that of
1884, the Democratic and Mugwump
papers have ceased talking about the
decadence of protection ideas in the
Keystone State. Boston journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24
Aluminium Dental Plates.

The early use Of aluminium was not
satisfactory, as the metal was impure,
owing to the presence Of iron, and it soon
succumbed to the fluids of the mouth.
This was more generally true of cast
plates, which were not only more difficult
to make, but were not as good. The
metal is not very easy TO cast, as it does
not flow freely like other metals, and
the contraction is considerable, causing
cracked blocks. When made from rolled
plate and pure metal, aluminium for upper
cases has proved very satisfactory in my
hands, and not being very expensive is a
recommendation, as it is metal, and is
thus better than rubber and less in cost
than gold. 1t is very light and strong,
perfectly tasteless and odorless, and as
healthy to the gums as gold or platina.
The teeth are best attached with rubber.
George H. Swift in West. Dent. Journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24

Nina Git ought to be Ninny) Van
Zant, Spies proxy wife, and her
mother drove six miles in storm last
Sunday to peep into the Anarchists
casket to see if he was dead. Thank
goodness he was. Like old Morley
he was ''dead, dead, dead; dead as a
door nail" ~.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24

in New York the Republicans
nominated Col. Fred Grant for Sec
rotary Of State. 1t is very true that
the Coils. principle qualification was
that he was the 'son of his faith
err but then he was an honest, tenn
perate gentleman. On the other hand
the Democrats nominated man who
had grown wealthy brewing ale. Then
forty thousand Prohibitionists voted
for their man and thus elected Cook
the democratic brewer. That was
all right. They had a right to do SO.
But what troubles the SITTER is to
know whereabouts the prohibition
comes in-or is to come in. Eli
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24
A Perfect Mortar.

A new building material called stone
brick, harder than the hardest clay brick,
is made from simple mortar, but scien-
titically made and perfect mortar; in fact,
hydraulic cement, and the grinding to-
gether of lime and sand in dry state
including also, some alumina, which is
usually present In sand--and the subse-
quent heating by steam, give the mixture
the properties of the burned hydraulic Gee
ments at present in use,-Public Opinion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24
An Extraordinary Offer!

The Strength OF a Newspaper Is I'm Its
Subscription List.
Heretofore the SITTER has not offered
any special inducements, worth mention
ing, to extend its subscription list; but,
standing alone upon its merits, and aided
by the efforts of its enemies to suppress
it, it has slowly and steadily risen until
today the office is running upon paying
basis, and is able to offer its friends and
the reading public, in Vermont, the fol
lowing
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24
How Spiders BIoult,

When spider is preparing to moult it
stops eating for several days and fastens
itself by short line of web to one of the
main lines of its snare, which holds it
firmly while it proceeds to undress. The
skin cracks all around the thorax, and is
held only by the front edges. Next the alb
domen is uncovered. Now comes the strug-
gle to free the legs. 1t works and kicks
vigorously and seems to have very hard
work, but continued perseverance for
about fifteen minutes brings it out Of the
old dress, and it seems almost lifeless and
is limp and helpless for several minutes,
but gradually comes back to life and looks
brighter and prettier than before.--Swiss
Cross.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24
General NeWS-Sifted.
Barnums Big Show burned out at
Bridgeport, Gonna Steamer sunk off
Dover and 1872 person drowned

Barnums Big Show burned out at
Bridgeport, Gonna Steamer sunk off
Dover and 1872 person drowned
The Winter quarters of Barnums
circus were burned Sunday night at
Bridgeport, Conn. Nearly all of the
animals were destroyed, including
four elephants, five lions, seven Loop
ards, six panthers, four kangaroos,
six horses and large number of
smaller beasts. Among the elephants
burned were Alice, Sampson and
the sacred white elephant. One of
the largest elephants escaped, and
next morning was found drowned in
the Sound near the lighthouse, where
it had swan in its fright. Aside
from this the only animal that escap-
ed beyond the grounds was large
lion, which wandered into Christopher
Richards barnyard, where it attack
ed a COW and calf, making an early
breakfast of the latter. Mrs. Rick
ard undertook to drive the beast a
way, not knowing or realizing the
nature of the beast until warned by
a neighbol, when she made hasty
retreat. Barnum estimates the loss
at $780, 900, but Bailey, his partner,
says 100000. Insurance $4,000.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24
A Case of Absent Mindsdnes..

An amusing incident illustrative of
absent mindedness is narrated of the last
session of the German reichstag Herr
Wichmann was calling the roll of mem
bers, when, upon reading out his own
name, he naturally received no response
He called the name the second time, in a
louder tone, and finally roared it out like
healthy lunged bull. But at this juno
ture the laughter Of his colleagues showed
there must be something wrong, and soon
realizing the ludicrous situation, he joined
tn the hilarity and marked himself pres
ent.-The Argonaut.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24
Qualified for Umnire.

"Can you give me position as UNI
pircy'
slave you any of the qualifications
necessary for an umpire?''
We'll, yes; for twenty years l followed
the occupation of a horse thief in the west,
and candidly believe that / escaped from
as many rs forty mobs in that time. l
flatter myself that l can get away from n
lot of angry men as quick as any man in
the state"
"Of course we can give you job; why
didn't you say that you had had expert
ononS',-The Enoch
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24

Rutland has recently been afflicted
with diphtheria. Health office, Cav
erly, in communication to the Her
aid, reports 3S cases and Z deaths
He says: "Filth is responsible for
this. Over 80 cases occurred where
the sink-drains or privies might be
held directly accountable. The re-
mainder were acquired by conta-
oiOn."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24

The Dutch steamer W. A. Schol-
ten, Capt. Taat, left Rotterdam
Sunday morning for New York. and
was sunk by collision with the
steamer Rosa Mary of Hartlepool,
at l O'Clock that night, 10 miles off
Dover. The Scholten carried 210
passengers and crew. The steamer
Ebro of Sunderland rescued ninety
of the crew and passengers and land
ed them at the Sailors Home in Do
yer. One hundred and thirty-two
passengers are missing and one pas
senger and child of a party brought
to Dover were found to be dead from
exposure,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-24
Womnn's Sphere,
They talk about womans sphere

They talk about woman's sphere,
As though it had limit;
There's not place in earth or heaven,
There's not a task to mankind given,
There's not blessing or woe
There's not a whisper, yes or no,
There's not life, or death, or birth,
That has featherweight of worth,
Without woman in it,
Unknown Exchange